Electrical machine.



No. 635,68l. Patented Oct. 24, I899. J. B. HAGUE.

ELECTRICAL MACHINE.

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JAMES B. HAGUE, OF HORSEHEADS, NEIV YORK.

ELECTRICAL MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,681, dated October24, 1899.

Application filed April 28, 1899. Serial No. 714,837. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. HAGUE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Horseheads, in the county of Chemung and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Electrical Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in therapeutical electricalmachines, and the object is to provide a simple and efficient structureby which the remedial effects of electrical energy on the human body maybe economically obtained without resorting to the use of the standardand recognized electrical generators, such as galvanic batteries orkindred appliances.

I have found that the hairy pelts of furbearing animals when movedrapidly in contact with the human body generates electrical energy toobtain a beneficial efiect on the system, and I contemplate theemployment of a cylinder covered with one or more of such pelts and theprovision of means for rotating the cylinder for the fur thereof tofrictionally brush the person under treatment.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a perspective view of anelectrical machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectionthrough the upper part of the machine on the plane indicated by thedotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate like andcorresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying my invention into practice I employ a platform 5, which isconstructed in a substantial manner to sustain the weight of personswhen they occupy the same, and for convenience in moving the structurefrom one place to another the platform is equipped with casters 6-,although they may be omitted, if desired. At one end of the platform iserected an upright frame 7, consisting of suitable side rails securedfirmly to the platform, and said frame is braced by the employment ofstays 8 9, which are fixed to the platform and the uprights, the stays 8being disposed between the uprights, as shown. A tie-rod 10 is arrangedin a transverse position between the uprights for its ends to be securedthereto, and these uprights are also joined together by the cylinder ofthe machine.

The cylinder 11 is arranged in a horizontal position between theuprights, and this cylinder is preferably of large diameter to secure anextended working surface. Said working surface of the cylinder is formedby hairy or fur pelts 12, which constitute a jacket that whollyencompasses the surface of the cylinder. Iemploy fur pelts, whichconsist of the skin and hair taken from fur-bearing animals, and thispelt or a number of such pelts are fitted around the cylinder andsecured firmly thereto by any suitable fastenings, as indicated by 13.The pelt which I prefer to employ should be of that nature having longhairs, and the hairy side of the pelt is adapted to frictionally brushagainst the patient, who occupies an insulated seat on the platform. Thecylinder is mounted in an upright frame 7 for rotation therein, and tothis end I secure said cylinder to a shaft 14, which is journaled insuitable bearings 15,that are attached to the frame. A power applianceis employed for rapidly rotatingthe pelt-covered cylinder, and in oneembodiment of this mechanism a pulley 16 of small diameter is fixed toone end of the shaft 1%. A driving-disk 17 is fixed to a shaft 18, thatis mounted in suitable bearings on the frame 7, and this driving-disk isprovided with a hand-crank 19 for its convenient rotation. Thedriving-disk and the pulley 16 are connected operatively by an endlessbelt 20; but it will be understood that any suitable means for rotatingthe cylinder may be employed.

In my electrical machine it is necessary to provide an insulated supportfor the patient in order to prevent the electrical energy from passingoff into the ground or floor, and I therefore provide a subbase 21,whichis adapted to serve as a foot'rest for the patient. This subbase is ofless area than the platform 5, and it is provided with legs 22, ofinsulating material-as, for instance, glass which rests upon theplatform 5. This insulated base 21 is removable readily from theplatform and upon said base is adapted to be placed a seat or othersupport for the patient. This support is shown in the drawings in theform of a steel 23, having insulated feet 24-, and when the patientoccupies the stool the base serves to effectually insulate the patientfrom the floor or ground.

In using my machine the base is placed upon the platform and the stoolrests on the base in such close relation to the pelt-covered cylinderthat the pelt of the cylinder may frictionally brush against the person.The driving mechanism is operated to rapidly rotate the cylinder and thefrictional contact of this cylinder With the person induces electricalenergy in a sufficient volume to produce a beneficial effect on thehuman system.

Of course it will be understood that the stool 23 may be omitted and thepatient may stand on the subbase 21, the latter serving to insulate theperson from the floor.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction Within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted toWithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is- 1. In anelectrical maehinefor therapeutical purposes,a revoluble cylinder 11avingits Working surface formed by a hairy pelt adapted to frictionallybrush against a person, substantially as described.

2. An electrical machine for therapeutical purposes comprising aplatform, an insulated support mounted thereon, a cylinder having itsWorking surface formed by a hairy pelt and mounted on saidplatformadjacent to the insulated support thereon, and means forretating said cylinder for the pelt thereof to friction ally brush aperson occupying the support, substantially as described.

3. An electrical machine for therapeutical purposes, comprising aplatform having an upright frame, a baseprovided with insulated legs andmounted on said platform, a revoluble cylinder having its workingsurface covered by a hairy pelt and mounted in said upright frame abovethe insulated base, a driving device journaled on said frame, andoperative connections between the driving device and the cylinder,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAlliES l3. HAGUE. \Vitnesses:

R. M. BUNDY, O. L. IIATHAWAY.

